Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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tender | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
tough | Yes | Yes | No | No |
tender (noun) | tough (noun) |
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ship that usually provides supplies to other ships | an aggressive and violent young criminal |
a boat for communication between ship and shore | a cruel and brutal fellow |
car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water | someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing |
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price | |
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another | |
something that can be used as an official medium of payment |
tender (adjective) | tough (adjective) |
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easy to cut or chew | resistant to cutting or chewing |
physically untoughened | physically toughened |
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality | not given to gentleness or sentimentality |
(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition | unfortunate or hard to bear |
having or displaying warmth or affection | substantially made or constructed |
hurting | feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') |
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail | violent and lawless |
young and immature | very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution |
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe |
tender (verb) | tough (verb) |
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make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | |
make a tender of; in legal settlements | |
offer or present for acceptance | |
propose a payment |